Ritual Sacrifice and Religious Memories
Compiled by Old Fire.
A collection of horror soundtracks,
dissonant voices and dark atmospheres.Listen now on Mixcloud.

Along Came a Sadness...

I discovered Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine a few decades ago through This Mortal Coil’s interpretation of their song, “The Jeweler” (as so many others did...). In 2006, I was introduced to Tom via email through a mutual friend and we made an instant connection. Though he knew nothing about me or my work, Tom graciously said yes to partnering up. Within a couple of weeks, I received a DAT tape with several takes of his vocals that would go on to become the foundation of our song, Shadows. He picked a second demo I sent him to record on, but after a month or so of not hearing anything, I got a card apologizing, saying he'd fallen into bad health and as a result decided to retire from singing. I'm so proud of and grateful for our collaboration and very thankful to the others who helped bring this song to life: David Michael Stith, Thor Harris, Joe Ryan, Robin Allender and Christian Madden.
- John Mark Lapham, February 2018